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| Max Weinbach / 9to5Mac: |
Leaked iPhone 15 CAD files reveal a larger 6.2-inch display, Dynamic Island, a USB-C charging port, and more, after iPhone 15 Pro CAD files leaked last week — Apple's iPhone 15 is still months away from being announced, but we have some exciting news to share with you today.
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| Osato Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
Binance shut down the derivative trading accounts of retail users in Australia after an investigation found customers were misclassified as wholesale investors — - Binance shut down derivatives trading accounts of retail users in Australia, following an internal investigation.
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CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, CryptoPotato, and CryptoSlate
| Luca Bertuzzi / Euractiv: |
Memo: the European Commission bans TikTok on corporate devices and personal devices using corporate apps, asking staff to uninstall the app by March 15 — The EU executive's IT service has asked all Commission employees to uninstall TikTok from their corporate devices …
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| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
Letter: the US Copyright Office says a graphic novel's images that were generated using the AI tool Midjourney should not have been granted copyright protection — Images in a graphic novel that were created using the artificial-intelligence system Midjourney should not have been granted copyright protection …
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| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: China's Luxshare takes over the Shanghai AR development team for Apple's headset from Taiwan's Pegatron; Foxconn will make a cheaper second-gen device — Reliance on a Chinese supplier for first-gen gadget a first for iPhone maker — TAIPEI — Apple has chosen China's Luxshare …
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| Rosie Perper / CoinDesk: |
Spotify tests “token-enabled playlists”, letting some NFT holders connect their wallets and listen to curated music, starting on Android in select countries — Music streaming Spotify is testing a new service called “token-enabled playlists,” which allows holders of non-fungible tokens …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple hit major milestones in a Jobs-era project to develop noninvasive blood glucose monitoring, part of its Alphabet X-like Exploratory Design Group — Apple Inc. has a moonshot-style project underway that dates back to the Steve Jobs era: noninvasive and continuous blood glucose monitoring.
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| Bloomberg: |
A look at Twitter v. Taamneh and the US Supreme Court's struggle to determine whether social media companies can be held responsible for aiding terrorism — The US Supreme Court struggled to determine when social media companies can be held responsible for aiding terrorism as the justices heard …
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Internal FAQ: Google asks Cloud employees and partners in its five largest US locations to share desks starting in Q2 and work from an office on alternate days — - The company's cloud unit has told employees that it will transition to a desk-sharing workspace in its five largest locations.| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase launches Base, a Layer 2 network using Optimism's OP Stack, offering access to Ethereum, Solana, and others, and has no plans for new network tokens — Crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) launched Base, a layer 2 network built using Optimism's OP Stack, to attract millions of new crypto users in the coming years.
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| Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: |
Filings: the SEC and NYDFS oppose Voyager's plan to sell assets to Binance.US for $1.02B, alleging the sale of unregistered securities, like Voyager's VGX token — A $1.02 billion deal by Binance.US to purchase assets of defunct crypto lender Voyager has been opposed by New York … | Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
After years of mismanagement and commingling funds, Binance plans to shift to a “semi-automated” model for handling reserves of its so-called B-Tokens — Binance Holdings Ltd. is shifting to a “semi-automated” process for handling the reserves that back tokens it issues …
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Samsung announces a standardized 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) modem that will enable two-way communication between smartphones and satellites — There was speculation that Samsung could use smartphone-to-satellite technology in its Galaxy S23 much like Apple has for the iPhone 14, but that didn't happen in the end.
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| Davey Alba / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft appears to have updated the new Bing to end chats following prompts mentioning “feelings” or “Sydney”, after adding tighter controls on February 17 — Microsoft Corp. appeared to have implemented new, more severe restrictions on user interactions with its …
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| Sean Endicott / Windows Central: |
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| Mickey Djuric / The Canadian Press News: |
Google tests blocking news content in Search for fewer than 4% of Canadian users for about five weeks, a potential response to Canada's proposed Online News Act — Google blocking news for some Canadians in test — OTTAWA - Google is blocking some Canadian users from viewing news content …
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| Kevin Tran / Morning Consult: |
A survey of 2,199 US adults: 14% of Gen Z adults reported using TikTok to start researching a major news event, compared to 2% of all adults — Media & entertainment analyst Kevin Tran breaks down how publishers can monetize young consumers who are increasingly turning to social platforms for free news| Jon Haidt / After Babel: |
An analysis of 100+ studies finds that social media is a major cause of mental illness in teen girls, not just a tiny correlate, especially after 2012 — Journalists should stop saying that the evidence is just correlational — A big story last week was the partial release …
Tweets: @jonhaidt, @tedchris, @dieworkwear, @kschlenker, @dieworkwear, @chris_said, @blythebrum, @drantbradley, and @jonhaidt
| Josh Sisco / Politico: |
Sources: DOJ officials have met with Google's competitors and customers for an antitrust lawsuit over Google Maps and location data that could be filed in 2023 — Justice Department antitrust lawyers are homing in on yet another Google target: the company's vast mapping business.| Mozilla Foundation: |
Analysis of the 40 most popular Android apps on the Google Play Store finds nearly 80% had discrepancies between their privacy policies and Data Safety labels — The apps' privacy policies, however, both explicitly state that they share user information with advertisers, Internet service providers …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Artifact, the personalized news reader created by Instagram's co-founders, opens to the public for Android and iOS, with new features and no sign-up required — Artifact, the personalized news reader built by Instagram's co-founders, is now open to the public, no sign-up required.
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Artifact News, International Business Times, Stratechery, Silicon Republic, Digital Trends, The Verge, Android Authority, Techlusive, Gizmodo, SlashGear, Slashdot, and Engadget
Tweets: @kevin, @martinsfp, @rmstein, and @artifact_news
| Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: |
Social media's emerging “pay-to-play” model turns some features that users expect for free, like security, visibility, and technical support, into premium items — You used to pay for social media with your eyeballs. Now Meta and Twitter want your money, too.
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| New York Times: |
After the US passed the industry-supported $52B CHIPS Act, chipmakers have turned cutthroat to secure federal cash, setting off a lobbying frenzy — Semiconductor companies, which united to get the CHIPS Act approved, have set off a lobbying frenzy as they argue for more cash than their competitors.| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Ben Rubin, who founded Meerkat and Houseparty, announces Towns, a protocol and a web-based chat app, and raised a $25.5M Series A led by a16z Crypto — After launching a pair of well-loved but ultimately star-crossed social apps, Ben Rubin is going all-in on decentralization.Sponsor Posts
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